Then
Maj. Gen. Hamid Gul, Director General of the ISI (far left), with William Webster,
Director of Central Intelligence, Clair George, Deputy Director for Operations,
and Milt Bearden, CIA station chief, at a training camp for the mujahedeen in
Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province in 1987 (RAWA.org)

In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy Journal, retired Lt. Gen. Hamid
Gul responds to charges that he supports terrorism, discusses 9/11 and ulterior
motives for the war on Afghanistan, claims that the U.S., Israel, and India
are behind efforts to destabilize Pakistan, and charges the U.S. and its allies
with responsibility for the lucrative Afghan drug trade.

Retired Lieutenant General Hamid Gul was the Director General of Pakistan's
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 1987 to 1989, during which time he worked
closely with the CIA to provide support for the mujahedeen fighting the Soviet
occupation of Afghanistan. Though once deemed a close ally of the United States,
in more recent years his name has been the subject of considerable controversy.
He has been outspoken with the claim that the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001 were an "inside job". He has been called "the most
dangerous man in Pakistan", and the U.S. government has accused him of
supporting the Taliban, even recommending him to the United Nations Security
Council for inclusion on the list of international terrorists.

In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy Journal, I asked the
former ISI chief what his response was to these allegations. He replied, "Well,
it's laughable I would say, because I've worked with the CIA and
I know they were never so bad as they are now." He said this was "a
pity for the American people" since the CIA is supposed to act "as
the eyes and ears" of the country. As for the charge of him supporting
the Taliban, "it is utterly baseless. I have no contact with the Taliban,
nor with Osama bin Laden and his colleagues." He added, "I have
no means, I have no way that I could support them, that I could help them."

After the Clinton administration's failed attempt to assassinate Osama
bin Laden in 1998, some U.S. officials alleged that bin Laden had been tipped
off by someone in Pakistan to the fact that the U.S. was able to track his movements
through his satellite phone. Counter-terrorism advisor to the National Security
Council Richard Clarke said, "I have reason to believe that a retired
head of the ISI was able to pass information along to Al Qaeda that the attack
was coming." And some have speculated that this "retired head of
the ISI" was none other than Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul.

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